Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 9 2003

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. . . . . . in excelsis deo GLORIA
A very long time AEON
Behave obsequiously like young deer FAWN
Being the only one of its kind UNIQUE
Bless with sacred oils ANOINT
Break like simple card game SNAP
Communities of primitive or nomadic groups TRIBES
Emphatic form of it ITSELF
Exclamation on making obvious mistake OOPS
Get-togethers of old friends, usually annual REUNIONS
Given to charging excessive interest USURIOUS
Golden, brilliant AUREATE
Happening every second year BIENNIAL
Inhabitants of peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal IBERIANS
Keep, hold back RETAIN
Kind of indoor bowling like skittles TENPIN
Clues Answers
Knock down, building or argument DEMOLISH
Let Ross join in group of old stable managers OSTLERS
Made hard like bone - or commonly drunk OSSIFIED
Motionless groups of people arranged in scenes TABLEAUX
Novel or film that continues story of earlier one SEQUEL
Occurring irregularly - is copied accordingly EPISODIC
Place where entry is forbidden to, say, police NOGOAREA
Puts out for non-payment of rent EVICTS
Rabble, crowd of unruly people RIFFRAFF
Sarcastic, expressing meaning by invoking opposite IRONIC
Sever connection with, keep from contact CUTOFF
Small abscess under a nail WHITLOW
The tallest animal GIRAFFE
They don't believe in any of the major religions HEATHENS
Violent or poisonous from a liver nut VIRULENT
Workers' organisations - or marriages UNIONS